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Game #2237

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 4 February 1953

Won

4th Round

WDDDW

FA Cup 4th Round Replay

Attendance: 21,735

Brentford

Griffin Park

Brentford

1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Tommy Thompson, scored for the seventh time in nine to help Villa see off second division Brentford in the FA Cup at the second attempt, Wednesday, 4 February 1953.

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Wednesday, 4 February 1953

ON THIS DAY

George Martin's Villa extend their unbeaten run to eight in all competitions beat second division side Brentford at the second attempt in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Aston Villa

Brentford

FIXTURE HISTORY

Brentford

Previous 5 vs. Brentford: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #28 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Wednesday, 4 February 1953

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | WDDDW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Brentford

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Colin Gibson replaces Ken Roberts.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

George Martin

Aston Villa

GK Dennis Parsons |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Norman Lockhart |
W Colin Gibson |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |
F Johnny Dixon |

Brentford

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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